Reliability Importance for Continuum Structure Functions.

Abstract

A continuum structure function is a nondecreasing mapping from the unit hypercube to the unit interval. A definition of the reliability importance, R (alpha) sub i say, of component i at level alpha (0 < alpha < or = 1) is proposed. Some properties of this function are deducted, in particualr conditions under which the limit as alpha approaches 0 of R (alpha) sub i = the limit as alpha approaches 1 of R (alpha) sub i = 0 and conditions under which R (alpha) sub i is positive (0 < alpha < 1). Keywords: Continuum structure function; Reliability importance; Key vector.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA164006

Entities

People

  • Chul Kim
  • Laurence A. Baxter

Organizations

  • Stony Brook University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Classification
  • Distribution Functions
  • Exclusion Principle
  • Failed States
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • New York
  • Operating Systems
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Scientific Research
  • Security
  • Statistics

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  • Engineering

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